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mhartl on Feb 4, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Learn Enough Git to Be Dangerous

What you're seeing is the difference between trademarks™ and registered trademarks®. The USPTO lists the latter but not the former. You don't actually have to register a trademark in order to use it, but it's usually a good idea. Which reminds me: now's probably a good time to drop a line to my lawyer…

petercooper on Feb 4, 2016 [–]

Aha! Found more info on this topic at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/register.jsp if anyone's interested.

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